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		<title>Michigan schools chief says state needs to make changes to compete for federal cash</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Martin</dc:creator>
		
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Mich. schools chief says laws needed to get grants

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan will have to change state law to have any shot at a slice of more than $4 billion set aside by the Obama administration for states that shake up their public school systems, the state&#8217;s schools chief said Thursday.
Michigan schools superintendent Mike Flanagan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama uses stimulus money to prod states to embrace his school agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — States are jockeying for a new $5 billion pot of education money even before the contest has begun.
The Obama administration was opening the competition Thursday for grants for ideas like charter schools or judging teachers based on student test scores. Applications are due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carrots and sticks: Obama uses stimulus money to prompt schools to undertake his initiatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Pace</dc:creator>
		
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MADISON, Wis. — Pushing for a link between student test scores and teacher pay, President Barack Obama on Wednesday dangled $5 billion in federal grants to states willing to undertake a top-to-bottom overhaul of their schools in support of White House priorities.
The day after fellow Democrats lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama uses stimulus money to coax states to embrace his school agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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MADISON, Wis. — President Barack Obama challenged states Wednesday to get their education policies in line with his administration&#8217;s priorities if they want a chance at $5 billion in grants.
&#8220;If you&#8217;re willing to hold yourselves more accountable, if you develop a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As ranking drops, University of Missouri looks to boost stature by building on strengths</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Scher Zagier</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri leaders say they don&#8217;t place much stock in annual college rankings such as those touted by U.S. News &#038; World Report, which recently dropped the flagship campus out of its Top 100.

They also realize that rankings influence reputation. And reputation influences everything from research grants to faculty and student [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY governor ignores pressure to end 2010 election quest despite pressure from senior Democrats</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gormley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson isn&#8217;t scrapping his plans to run for the office he inherited 18 months ago, despite growing pressure from Washington and intervention by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who has contacted the governor and the White House over his concern.

&#8220;My plans for 2010 are to run for governor of the state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penn State asking merit scholar parents for donations to help out needier students</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Matheson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — Students who are accepted into Penn State University&#8217;s prestigious honors college get more than academic feathers in their caps. They get $3,500 annual merit scholarships.

But given the tough economic times, the school is making an unusual request: Would parents consider donating that money back?
The fundraising appeal for Schreyer Honors College leans on parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staples says back-to-school promotions are on par with last year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Staples reported Tuesday that its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 39 percent, while sales at Staples stores open at least a year, a key industry metric known as same-store sales, fell 5 percent in the second quarter as average order size fell.

In a conference call, the company&#8217;s president of U.S. stores, Demos Parneros, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvard, Princeton top latest US News college rankings _ but rival rankings have other ideas</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/harvard-princeton-top-latest-us-news-college-rankings-_-but-rival-rankings-have-other-ideas-144262/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Pope</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Perennial contenders Harvard and Princeton share the top spot in the latest edition of the influential U.S. News &#038; World Report university rankings. Williams heads the list of liberal arts colleges while Dartmouth wins a new category ranking commitment to undergraduate teaching.

The latest edition of the contentious but closely followed &#8220;America&#8217;s Best Colleges&#8221; appears online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jill Biden vaunts community colleges at UN forum; World Bank denounces &#8216;hype&#8217; of elite schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Charlton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — Jill Biden, the wife of the U.S. vice president and longtime educator, says American community colleges could be a pillar of economic recovery and a source of new skills after layoffs — and a model for poorer countries struggling to educate their citizens.

The World Bank had a similar message in a report Monday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvard, Yale, Princeton and the rest take a back seat to Clemson &#8230; Clemson&#8217;s president says</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susanne M. Schafer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Move over Harvard, Yale, Princeton — and every other college. Asked to rate other universities for the influential U.S. News &#038; World Report rankings, Clemson University President James Barker put his institution on top.

It might sound like the kind of cheerleading to be expected from a college president. But Barker&#8217;s votes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio school district uncovers senior class cheating scheme, cancels graduation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Welsh-huggins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio school district says it uncovered a cheating scheme so pervasive that it had to cancel graduation ceremonies for its 60 seniors — but will still mail their diplomas.

A senior at Centerburg High School accessed teachers&#8217; computers, found tests, printed them and distributed them to classmates, administrators said.
Graduation was canceled because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clemson official: School manipulated class sizes, other figures to boost magazine rankings</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/clemson-official-school-manipulated-class-sizes-other-figures-to-boost-magazine-rankings-72216/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Pope</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A rogue Clemson University staffer has accused the South Carolina school of manipulating its U.S. News &#038; World Report ranking — reviving a debate over what critics call the pernicious influence of the magazine&#8217;s annual college ratings.

Among the steps reportedly alleged by Catherine Watt, who until 2006 headed Clemson&#8217;s institutional research office: Clemson manipulated class [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten-hut! Public school districts opening military academies to reach out to at-risk students</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ten-hut-public-school-districts-opening-military-academies-to-reach-out-to-at-risk-students-71821/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorie Turner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — The U.S. Marine Corps is wooing public school districts across the country, expanding a network of military academies that has grown steadily despite criticism that it&#8217;s a recruiting ploy.

The Marines are talking with at least six districts — including in suburban Atlanta, New Orleans and Las Vegas — about opening schools where every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmaker compares college football&#8217;s BCS system to communism, says it can&#8217;t be fixed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawmaker-compares-college-footballs-bcs-system-to-communism-says-it-cant-be-fixed-47736/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 23:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A congressman who wants to see college football adopt a playoff system is comparing the Bowl Championship Series to communism.

Republican Rep. Joe Barton of Texas said Friday that efforts to tinker with the BCS are bound to fail. He told a House hearing that the BCS is like communism and can&#8217;t be fixed.
Barton [...]]]></description>
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